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There are many scenarios where Copilot Chat can feel limited by the built-in model training data. Maybe you want guidance on the latest web framework, documentation, or project-specific resources—but Copilot’s responses just aren’t specific enough. For developers who rely on up-to-date or esoteric …
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As the next step in the evolution of K2 mode, we are officially deprecating its predecessor, K1 mode. In this post, we’ll give some background about K2 mode and discuss its current state, including adoption numbers, performance test results, and feature parity and stability. As always, we recommend updating to the …
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We're excited to announce the release of Dev Proxy v2.0. Following semantic versioning (SemVer), we're bumping the major version due to breaking changes in this release. While these changes are small, they improve Dev Proxy's accuracy and behavior - and we want you to be aware of them. This release also br Link to …
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Supercharge Your AI Pair Programming Experience with Project-Specific Context and Control AI-assisted development has rapidly transformed how engineers write code, collaborate, and ship software. GitHub Copilot, powered by OpenAI’s Codex and now evolving with GPT-5 capabilities, is at the center of this revolution — …
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With the release of .NET, we've released updated packages of AutoMapper and MediatR targeting .NET 10 (and all supported versions of .NET and 4.x of .NET Framework).From this release forward, we're aligning to major release cadences of .NET since this also means upping our Link to article: …
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MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a standard protocol that enables AI agents to securely connect with apps, data, and systems, supporting easy interoperability and seamless platform expansion. At Ignite, Microsoft Foundry introduced Foundry Too Link to article: …
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When building AI applications, context is key. AI models have a knowledge cutoff and do not have access to your personal or company data by default. To generate high-quality answers, AI apps need two things: Access to high-quality data The ability to surface the right information at the right time Link to article: …
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A straight look at what’s behind the keys We’ve all tried unlearning a keyboard shortcut - it feels like forgetting how to breathe. Muscle memory doesn’t mess around. We wrestle with this every time someone suggest a “quick” shortcut change. It’s not just editing a keybinding but navigating a history that makes Visual …
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A customer wanted to accept a directory entered by the user and verify that the user has permission to create files in that folder. The directory itself might not even be on a local hard drive; it could be a DVD or a remote network volume. They tried calling GetFileAttributes, but all they were told was that it was a …
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Liked this blog post? It was originally posted on Safia Abdalla's blog, https://blog.safia.rocks/, check out more content there! OK, sit down folks, because this one is gonna be a long one. This is the all-encompassing blog post about the thing I'v Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/aspire/aspire-pipelines …
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Trust is the most important consideration when you connect AI assistants to real tools. While MCP containerization provides strong isolation and limits the blast radius of malfunctioning or compromised servers, we’re continuously strengthening trust and security across the Docker MCP solutions to further reduce …
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JetBrains will be hosting a series of open Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions on Reddit December 9–12. On scheduled days, our product teams will join r/jetbrains to talk directly with developers who use our tools every day. We’ll be there for honest conversations about what’s working, what’s not, and where your priorities …
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OpenAI researchers are testing “confessions,” a method that trains models to admit when they make mistakes or act undesirably, helping improve AI honesty, transparency, and trust in model outputs. Link to article: https://openai.com/index/how-confessions-can-keep-language-models-honest
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OpenAI is acquiring Neptune to deepen visibility into model behavior and strengthen the tools researchers use to track experiments and monitor training. Link to article: https://openai.com/index/openai-to-acquire-neptune
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A year ago, we introduced a free non-commercial use license option for JetBrains Rider, hoping to remove barriers for developers who code with no financial objective in mind for their projects. Recently, we put out a call for your stories – curious to learn how you’ve been using Rider throughout this year. What came …
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The OpenAI Foundation announces the initial recipients of the People-First AI Fund, awarding $40.5M in unrestricted grants to 208 nonprofits supporting community innovation and opportunity. Link to article: https://openai.com/index/people-first-ai-fund-grantees
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A new release of the Microsoft build of Go including security fixes is now available for download. For more information about this release and the changes included, see the table below: Microsoft Release Upstream Tag Link to article: …
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At Microsoft Ignite 2025, I joined Amanda Silver (CVP, Apps & Agents + 1ES GM) and Karl Piteira (1ES PM lead) on stage to talk about Microsoft's transformation into an AI-driven engineering organization. The big narrative was about agents as partners in the development lifecycle, moving from tools that assist, to …
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